|Candidate||Party||Votes||Pct.||Change from ’04||Electoral votes|
|Winner: John McCainJohn McCain||Rep.||241,816||49.7%||-9.4%||3|
|Winner: Max BaucusMax Baucus||Dem.||345,937||72.9%||Incumbent|
|Winner: Brian SchweitzerBrian Schweitzer||Dem.||316,509||65.4%||Incumbent|
|C44||Public Funds to Be Invested in Private Corporate Capital Stock||26.4%||73.6%||100%|
|I155||Children's Health Insurance||69.8%||30.2%||100%|
|LR118||6-Mill Levy for University System||56.7%||43.3%||100%|
The presidential race may not have turned Montana, a state that strongly supported George W. Bush and gave Bill Clinton a lukewarm victory in 1992, into Democratic territory again.
But even after the dust settled, Democrats could claim two significant victories. Brian Schweitzer was elected to a second term as governor over Roy Brown, a Republican state senator from Billings.
The state's Democratic senator, Max Baucus, 66, easily won a sixth term, beating out Republican candidate Bob Kelleher, an 85-year-old lawyer.
Mr. Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, far outspent Mr. Kelleher, a perennial candidate for elected office.
Mr. Schweitzer, a farmer and rancher, is credited with energizing Democrats in the state and raised his national profile in August with a speech at the Democratic National Convention that drew prolonged cheers. In the race for Montana's lone seat in the House, Denny Rehberg, the Republican incumbent, won a fifth term over John B. Driscoll, a Democrat.
In the presidential contest, more than a third of voters said they had been impressed by Barack Obama's visits to the state. JAVIER C. HERNANDEZComments